# The Chink in the Armour — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Chink in the Armour by Marie Belloc Lowndes.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph quotes The Spectator, noting that civilized society assumes murder will not be committed, highlighting a vulnerability in social order.
- [The Chink in the Armour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/the-chink-in-the-armour.md): Sylvia Bailey, now living in Lacville, finds herself increasingly entangled with the Comte de Virieu. Their relationship deepens as they spend more time together, and Sylvia begins to feel a sense of security and happine
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/i.md): Sylvia Bailey, a young widow staying at the Hôtel de l'Horloge in Paris, discovers a pink card from Madame Cagliostra, a fortune-teller. Her friend Anna Wolsky persuades her to visit the fortune-teller, and Sylvia reluct
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/ii.md): Sylvia Bailey and Madame Wolsky visit Madame Cagliostra, a fortune-teller in a strange, stuffy house on the Rue Jolie. Madame Cagliostra, after some haggling over the fee, performs the Grand Jeu for both women. She tells
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/iii.md): Sylvia Bailey, seeking to escape the heat of Paris, decides to visit Lacville-les-Bains after learning from M. Girard that her friend Anna Wolsky has gone there. Despite warnings about the Casino and the town's gambling 

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- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/chapters/xxv.md)

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